Ezra Edelman is an award-winning filmmaker. In 2016, he directed O.J.: Made In America, which won both Academy Award for Best Documentary and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing. It is the third film he has directed for ESPN’s acclaimed 30-for-30 documentary series.

In 2013, Edelman co-produced the Oscar-nominated documentary Cutie and The Boxer.

He also has produced and directed three films for HBO, including the Peabody Award-winning Magic and Bird: A Courtship of Rivals and Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush, which won an Emmy.

Before beginning work in documentaries, Edelman spent seven years as a producer on the news magazine show, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

A native of Washington D.C., Ezra graduated from Yale University and currently lives in Brooklyn.

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